Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And just continuing on the housing thread, what have been the outcomes of ECE's work with Housing NWT, Aurora College, and the NWTTA on housing needs, including educator and student housing assessments? Can the Minister give us any updates on that?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Sorry, this is a similar question the Member from Great Slave asked, but I am noting that currently, as the schedule lays it out, the polytechnic is now set to launch in 2027 but the schedule seems to be showing that legislation for the polytechnic wouldn't be complete until 2028. Can the Minister help us understand that alignment better?

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. And I will try to keep my shuffling and scuttling to a minimum. I wanted to ask some business plan related questions that I think are related to this section. Just note that the mandate outlines identification of surplus lands and potentially turning those over for increasing our access to housing item in -- sorry, Mr. Chair -- priority for the Assembly. Can the Minister share additional information on how that identification process is going and how or who they'd be transferred to in order to support housing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to confirm with the Minister are all these parties who are planning out this development in the same room making plans, how often are they meeting? If the Minister can share any details with the House, I am sure Yellowknifers are -- and people in the NWT are interested to hear it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, yeah, I know one or maybe more Members already touched on the success that we've had with establishing 355 net new spaces. I have two questions about that.

The first one is what are we -- do we have funding to make up that gap between the 300 and the 355? Are we able to fund that adequately? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Infrastructure mentioned the DND procurement. I just wanted to follow up further a little bit on that. As we know, DND has a pre-procurement that's gone out publicly. Mr. Speaker, does that procurement align with the work to modernize the airport that the Minister was speaking to earlier that has been going on now for at least a couple of years. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I know that the Minister works with her various provincial ministerial counterparts on advocacy to get better flexibility from the feds on this program. The voluntary fees is certainly -- I think it's positive, but it does put some families, I think, in a bit of a difficult position, and daycares as well. So I am just wondering has the Minister made any progress with her counterparts on advocating for some more flexibility in this program to allow the daycares, I think around the country but certainly in the NWT, to operate -- how do I put it -- in maybe a bit more of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, continuing with the airport, are there amenities, features, or needs that the current terminal already cannot accommodate? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so can the Minister help us understand with the centres only able to charge based on the funding agreements of the $10 a day, I mean how are they supposed to make up the difference? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to be 100 percent clear -- I heard a lot of words there -- can I just get a yes? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.